Updated September 27, 2023 by the ABC11 Data Team

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Sexual Assaults
Last 12 months
154

Through September 23

Average Sexual Assaults
2020 to 2022
124

Yearly average

Sexual Assault Rate
Last 12 months
53.9

Per 100,000 people

Average Sexual Assault Rate
2020 to 2022
43.5

Per 100,000 people


Sexual assaults over the last 12 months are up 24% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to the latest data available from the Durham Police Department.

The city averaged 13 sexual assaults a month over the last year. In 2019, that number was 9 per month.

A closer look at Durham sexual assaults neighborhood by neighborhood

The danger is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC11’s data team looked at the Durham Police Department’s public data about sexual assault reports by neighborhood from 2019 through September 23, 2023.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the sexual assault rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blue areas are neighborhoods with sexual assault rates higher than the citywide rate. You can also choose to see neighborhoods by the number of reported sexual assaults.

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